Lola Gallardo
 Lola Gallardo with Spain in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | María Dolores Gallardo Núñez | ||
| Date of birth | 10 June 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Seville, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Atlético Madrid | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2011 | Sevilla | ||
| 2011–2012 | Sporting Huelva | 32 | (0) |
| 2012–2020 | Atlético Madrid | 191 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Lyon | 3 | (0) |
| 2021– | Atlético Madrid | 105 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2022 | Spain | 38 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 November 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:24, 30 May 2025 (UTC) | |||
María Dolores "Lola" Gallardo Núñez (born 10 June 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Primera División club Atlético Madrid and the Spain women's national team.[1]
Club career
[edit]Lola started her career at Sevilla FC before moving to Sporting Huelva.[2] and arriving at Atlético Madrid in 2012.[3]
On 1 July 2020, Gallardo was announced at Lyon on a two year contract.[4]
International career
[edit]In 2010, she was named the best player in the U-17 European Championship and the best goalkeeper in the U-17 World Cup.[5]
In June 2013 national team coach Ignacio Quereda selected Gallardo in the senior Spain squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden, one of two reserves for established first choice goalkeeper Ainhoa Tirapu.[6] Gallardo had won her first senior international cap in a 2–2 pre-tournament friendly draw with Denmark in Vejle.[7]
She was part of Spain's squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[8]
On 20 May 2019, Gallardo was called up to the Spain squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[9]
Gallardo was part of the Spain squad called up for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[10]
She was one of Las 15, a group of players who made themselves unavailable for international selection in September 2022 due to their dissatisfaction with head coach Jorge Vilda, and among the dozen who were not involved 11 months later as Spain won the World Cup.[11][12]
Personal life
[edit]Gallardo married her now wife Cristina Vicente on the 12th of June 2025. They had gotten engaged on the 9th of December 2023.
Honours
[edit]Atlético Madrid
Olympique Lyon
Spain
Individual
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Golden Player Award: 2010[14]
References
[edit]- ^ Lola Gallardo is Atlético's first signing. AS.
- ^ Profile Archived 24 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine in Sporting Huelva's web
- ^ "Profile" (in Spanish). Atlético Madrid. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ "Communiqué : Sara Gunnarsdottir et Lola Gallardo ont signé un contrat de deux ans avec l'OL" [Press release: Sara Gunnarsdottir and Lola Gallardo have signed a two-year contract with OL]. www.ol.fr (in French).
- ^ U-17 Golden Player; 2010 – Dolores Gallardo UEFA.com
- ^ "Spain stick with tried and trusted". UEFA. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ Martín González, Cesáreo (29 June 2013). "Dinamarca 2–2 España: grandes sensaciones en la última prueba preparatoria" (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Estas son las convocadas de la Selección española femenina para la Copa Mundial de Francia" [These are the summoned of the Spanish women's team for the World Cup in France]. SeFutbol (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 20 May 2019. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Esta es la lista de convocadas por la Selección española femenina para la EURO 2022". sefutbol.com (in Spanish). 27 June 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ Jorge Vilda Recalls Players Who Resigned Back Into His Spanish World Cup Squad, Asif Burhan, Forbes, June 12, 2023
- ^ Spain v Sweden: Las 15+3, An International Team In Chaos And Lonely Jorge Vilda, Simon Lillicrap, The Sportsman, 14 August 2023
- ^ UEFA.com. "History: Wolfsburg 1-3 Lyon". UEFA. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "2010: Dolores Gallardo". UEFA. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
External links
[edit]- Lola Gallardo – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Lola Gallardo – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Lola Gallardo at Soccerway
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Seville
- Spanish women's footballers
- Spain women's international footballers
- Liga F players
- Sporting de Huelva players
- Atlético Madrid Femenino players
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Women's association football goalkeepers
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Spanish LGBTQ footballers
- Spanish lesbian sportswomen
- UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players
- UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players
- Spain women's youth international footballers
- UEFA Women's Champions League–winning players
- 21st-century Spanish sportswomen